Agenda Document Pack - Recruitment Committee - 08/09/2022
South Lanarkshire Council · 8 September 2022
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Council Offices, Almada Street Hamilton, ML3 0AA Wednesday, 31 August 2022 Dear Councillor Recruitment Committee The Members listed below are requested to attend a meeting of the above Committee to be held as follows:- Date: Thursday, 08 September 2022 Time: 13:00 Venue: By Microsoft Teams and Committee Room 5, The business to be considered at the meeting is listed overleaf. Yours sincerely Cleland Sneddon Chief Executive Members Joe Fagan (Chair), Gerry Convery (Depute Chair), Alex Allison, Maureen Chalmers, Gladys Ferguson-Miller, John Ross Substitutes John Anderson, Maureen Devlin, Eileen Logan, Katy Loudon, Hugh Macdonald, Richard Nelson 1
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BUSINESS 1 Declaration of Interests 2 Minutes of Previous Meeting Minutes of the meeting of the Recruitment Committee held on 15 August 2022 submitted for approval as a correct record. (Copy attached) 3 - 4 Urgent Business 3 Urgent Business Any other items of business which the Chair decides are urgent. Exclusion of Press and Public 4 Exclusion of Press and Public It is recommended that the Committee makes the following resolution:- "That, in terms of Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it is likely that there will be disclosure of exempt information in terms of Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act." Item(s) for Decision 5 Post of Head of Enterprise and Sustainable Development To establish shortleet of candidates for interview. (Papers attached) 6 Post of Executive Director (Housing and Technical Resources) To establish shortleet of candidates for interview. (Papers attached) For further information, please contact:- Clerk Name: Stuart McLeod Clerk Telephone: 07385 370 117 Clerk Email: stuart.mcleod@southlanarkshire.gov.uk 2
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RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE Minutes of meeting held in Committee Room 5 and via Microsoft Teams, Council Offices, Almada Street, Hamilton on 15 August 2022 Chair: Councillor Joe Fagan Councillors Present: Councillor Alex Allison, Councillor John Anderson (substitute for Councillor John Ross), Councillor Gerry Convery, Councillor Gladys Ferguson-Miller Councillors’ Apologies: Councillor Maureen Chalmers, Councillor John Ross Attending: Chief Executive’s Service C Sneddon, Chief Executive Finance and Corporate Resources S McLeod, Administration Officer; E McPake, Human Resources Business Partner (Education and Social Work Resources); K McVeigh, Head of Personnel Services 1 Declaration of Interests No interests were declared. 2 Urgent Business There were no items of urgent business. 3 Exclusion of Press and Public The Committee decided: that, in terms of Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the next item of business on the grounds that it was likely that there would be disclosure of exempt information in terms of Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act. 4 Post of Executive Director (Housing and Technical Resources) Documentation on the post of Executive Director (Housing and Technical Resources) was submitted as follows:- ♦ recruitment pack ♦ synopsis of applicants ♦ applications received 2 3
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The Committee decided: (1) that a shortleet of 6 applicants be selected for interview as follows:- ♦ Applicant Reference Number 1 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 2 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 5 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 8 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 9 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 11 (2) that a further meeting be arranged after the assessment centre to select applicants for interview; and (3) that the interview questions and presentation topic be considered at the next meeting. 4